Fertilizer-distributer and cotton-planter



No. 748,343. PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

. I. G. CLYBUNN. NBNTILIZNR-DISTNIBUTNN AND COTTON PLANNER. APPLIUATION FILED JULY 29, 1903.

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No. 743,843; PATBNTBD JAN, 5, 1904.

I. o. GLYIBUNN. PBRTILIZBN DISTRIBUTBR AND COTTON PLANTEN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1903.

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me cams Perm: co, Pauw-Uma, wAsmnG'roN, a c` UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FERTlLlZER-DISTRIBUTER AND CO'ITON-PLANTER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,843, dated January 5, 1904.

Application nea July 29,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA C. CLYBURN, a citizen of the United States,- residing atBishopville, in the county of Lee and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Fertilizer-Distributor and Cotton Planter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fertilizer-distribuy ters and cotton-planters; and it has Yfor its With these and other ends in view my invention consists in the improved'construction, arrangement, and combination of parts having for their combined object to provide a machineof the class referred to which shall possess superior advantages in point of sim plicity, durability, and general eiciency, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan View of a machine constructed in aecordance with the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the machine.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similar numerals of reference.

The frameof my improved machine (designated l in the drawings) is' preferably vof the contour clearly seen in Fig. l, although it is not necessary to limitit to the exact shape shown. Upon the upper side of said frame, along the edges thereof, is secured a metallic strip 2, converging at the front end,

v'where it forms a ioop 3, which may serve for the attachment of the draft. The frame is provided with an approximately triangular front opening 4, an `approximately rectangular central opening 5, and with two slots (designated, respectively, 6 and 7) for connection with the hoppers 8 and 9, the former of which is preferably made of sheet metal and is for the reception and distribution of fertilizing material, while the hopper 9 is preferably madev Serial Noi 167,445. (No model.)

of wood and is for the reception and distribution of cotton-seed. Bearings 10 upon the under side of the frame support an axle 11, upon which is mounted a drive-wheel l2, havlng a plurality of laterally-extending tappets 13. A flexible band or strap 14, the ends of which are suitably secured to the sides of the frame under the fertiliziug-hopper, supports a scoop 15, having a downwardly-extending headed lug 16, which engages a loop having forwardly and upwardly extending arms 18, which are disposed in the path of the tappets -13 upon the wheel l2, which latter will thus when rotated impart a vibratory movement to the scoop 15,v which being disposed below the slot 6 receives a supply of fertilizing material from the hopper 8, and which being thus vibrated will serve to distribute the said fertilizing material evenly upon the ground.

Upon the under side of the frame l and adjacent to the rectangular opening 5 are secured a pair of forwardly-converging straps or plates 19, the front and rear ends of which are bent downwardly to form Shanks erstandards 20 and 2l, which are vertically slotted for the adjustable connection therewith of the ridging-plows 22 and the turning-plows '23. The ridging-plows being disposed in front will serve to form a ridge upon which the fertilizing material is deposited by the suspended scoop, hereinbefore mentioned. The

turning-plows following the ridgng-plows will throw up enough dirt from both sides to form the cotton-bed. The slots 24 in the several standards will enable the plow-blades connected therewith to be adj usted vertically to any extent that may be desirable and necessary. Upon the upper side of the frame at the rear end of the opening 5 is secured a cross-bar 26, having an opening 27, in which the shank 28 of the furrow-opener 29 is vertically adjustable by means of a scre W-thread at its upper end, having a nut 30. This furrow-opener is disposed about centrally between the turning-plows, so as tocut into the ridge or hed formed by thelatter a furrow of suicientV width and depth to receive the seeds. The latter are conveyed to the furrow through a seed-tube 31, which communicates with the hopper 9,containing the cotton-seeds. Said hopper 9, as well as the hopper 8, is pro- IOO vided with gage-slides, as 32, through which the quantity of material permitted to escape from said hoppers may be regulated.

The handles of the machine, which are designated 33, are securely connected at the lower ends with the upper side of the frame, and braces 34 are suitably arranged to support said handles. The latter are furthermore sustained by means of auxiliary braces 35, which are extended rearwardly and downwardly, so as to form bearings for a shaft 36, carrying the covering-roller 37. The shaft 36 is provided at one end with a crank 38, which is connected by means of a pitman 39 with a crank 40 upon a shaft 41, which has its bearings in the handles of the machine and also in the sides of the cotton-seed box or hopper 9. Snitably secured upon the said shaft Within the cotton-seed box or hopper is a sleeve 43, having a downwardly-extending agitating-inger 44, the lower end of which may be toothed or serrated in the manner usual in this class of devices.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of my invention will he readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. Fertilizing material and cotton seed are placed in the receiving-hoppers, and draft having been attached to the machine the latter is propelled over the ground in the usual manner. The wheel 12, which engages the surface of the ground, is thereby rotated, and the tappets upon said Wheel will vibra-te the suspended scoop 15, into which, by the vibrating movement of the machine, the fertilizing material is constantly being fed from the hopper 8, the escape, opening of which mayr be gaged as to size by means of the gaging-slide 32. The ridging-plows of the machine project forwardly somewhat under the discharge end of the scoop 15, and the earth will thus be thoroughly commingled with the fertilizing material deposited thereon, the tendency being to throw the said fertilizing material toward the upper edge of the ridge. The turning-plows, which now follow, will throw an additional quantity of dirt upon the sides of the ridge, and the furrow-opener, which follows directly behind the turning-plows, will out in the top of said ridge or bed a furrow, which will be located at the exact point where the greater quantity of the fertilizing material is deposited. Into this groove or furrow the cotton-seed is now dropped from the hopper 9 and through the spout 31, the seed being forced through the slot 7 and through the seed-tube by means of the agitator within the box, to which motion is transmitted from the covering-roller in the manner which has beenV herein describedthat is to say, by means of the cranks upon the ends of the shafts extending, respectively, through the covering-roller and through the seed-box, the latter shaft 41 being additionally supported in the handles of the device.

It will be seen from the foregoing that while my improved fertilizer and cotton-seed distributer is extremely simple as to the construction thereof it will perform the work required with less outlay of time and labor than where separate machines are employed for the several purposes, which are successfully accomplished by the single operation of my improved apparatus.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a ground-engaging wheel having laterally-extending tappets, a hopper supported upon said frame, a flexible strap secured to the sides of the frame and extended loosely below the same, a scoop having a downwardlyextending stud constituting a button engaging said iiexible strap, and a loop engaging said button below said flexible strap and having forwardly-extending arms disposed in the path of the tappets upon the ground-engaging wheel.

2. In a machine of the class described, a frame, forwardly-converging straps upon the under side of said frame, said straps being provided at their front and rear ends with integral downward extensions forming standards, ridging-plows connected with the front standards, turning-plows connected with the rear standards and adapted to bed the soil upon the ridge formed by the plows, means for dropping fertilzing material in front of the ridging-plows, and a furrow-opener supported in rear of and between the turningplows.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

IDA C. CLYBURN.

Witnesses:

J. MANLY SMITH, S. A. DURANT. 

